Yerevan

Informasjon som kan være nyttig for din reise.

Bilder av Yerevan
 
 
 
 
 
Bilder av Yerevan på Panoramio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kommersielle kategorier Yerevan
Informasjonskategorier
Travel råd og advarsler Yerevan
Cultura Yerevan is a leading industrial, cultural, and scientific centre in the Caucasus region. As a centre of Armenian culture, Yerevan is the site of Yerevan State University (1919), the Armenian Academy of Sciences, a historical museum, an opera house, a music conservatory and several technical institutes. The Matenadaran archives hold a rich collection of valuable ancient Armenian, Greek, Syrian, Hebrew, Roman and Persian manuscripts. Yerevan has several large public libraries, a number of museums and theaters, botanical gardens and zoos. It is also at the heart of an extensive rail network and is a major trading centre for agricultural products. In addition, industries in the city produce metals, machine tools, electrical equipment, chemicals, textiles and food products.
Geography and climate Yerevan is located in Eastern Armenia in the North-Eastern part of the Ararat Valley. The upper part of the city is surrounded by mountains on three sides while to the south it descends to the banks of the river Hrazdan, a tributary of the river Arax that divides the city into two within a picturesque canyon. The elevation of the city ranges between 900 to 1, 300 meters over the sea level, displaying a 400 meter disparity between its lowest and highest points. The climate of Yerevan is relatively continental with a dry, hot summer and a cold and short winter. The temperature of the hottest month of August reaches to 40 degrees Celsius and the coldest month of January to -15 degrees Celsius. The amount of precipitation is small and amounts to annually to about 350 mm.
Shopping Shopping in Yerevan is a very exciting phenomenon for any tourist who is visiting the place for the first time. Shopping in Yerevan involves purchase of different articles like jewelry, clothing and garments.
Among the most popular purchase, the Armenian Cognac deserves a special mention. The Armenian Cognac is considered as the world’s finest brandies and is very popular among the tourists. It was also the choice of Sir. Winston Churchill. The city has many stores which solely sell brandies of different varieties. The brandies are mainly brought from the Ararat Cognac Factory. Brandies which are older cost more than the current ones.

Yerevan, Armenia

Torsdag 28, Mars
Book overnatting
Fra:
Før:

Fotogalleri

Armenia, Yerevan